Burial-casket



(No Model.)

E. S. EARLEY.

BURIAL GASKET.

Patented Apr. 12, 18-87.

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ATTORNEY.

N. PETERS. PMD-Wingnut, Wlshngilm, [LCA UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARDS. EARLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BURIAL-GASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,147, dated April12, 1887. Yf *ipplicaticm filed J anuary 13, 1887. Serial No. 224,184.(No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. EARLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State ofPenn- Sylvania,have invented anew and useful Im, provement in Bnrialaskets, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specication andaccompanying drawing, in which the gure represents a partial top viewand partial horizontal section of a burial-casket embodying` myinvention, this consisting of a burial-casket constructed in a light,inexpensive, and durable manner, as will be hereinafter fully set forthand claimed.

Referring to the drawing, A represents a burialcasket of well-knownshape, the same being formed, in accordance with my invention, of wood,which is saturated or coated with asphaltum or other similarpreservative material, with a sub-coating of cement, artiiicialstone, orsimilar material, which isspread over the asphaltum surface, completelycoveringthe same.

It will be seen that the wood is primarily protected by the asphaltum,and the/sub-covering of cement, artificial stone, &c., produces all ofthe advantages of a solid mass of cement or natural stone without theweight and expensiveness of the same. The asphaltum also prevents thedestructiveaction of the acid of 3o the cement, Snc., on the wood, andthus the latter will be well preserved.

The surface of the asphalturn is roughened or notched, to cause thesub-coating to take firm hold of the same.

I am aware that it is not new to coat a burialcasket with asphaltum;neither is it new to provide a burial-casket with a lining of artificialmarble or stone, and such I do not claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

An improved burial case or casket, consisting of a body, A, of wood,with coating of asphaltum and a sub-coating of cement or artificialstone, substantially as described.

. E. S. EARLEY.

Vitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, A. P. GEANT.

